LabVIEW 2012 encourages designers to learn how to program with templates, sample projects, and self-paced online training. There are a couple of caveats, though.

The LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module delivers graphical development for custom motion control applications. With LabVIEW NI SoftMotion, you can use a LabVIEW project to configure all of your motion axis ...

The LabVIEW project will provide educators an intuitive graphical interface for teaching theory, design, simulation, prototyping, and deployment of custom designs to a range of hardware targets.